Texas Senate to weigh fate of embattled AG Ken Paxton

FILE – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017. A Republican-led investigative committee on Thursday, May 25, 2023, recommended impeaching Paxton, the state’s top lawyer. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) AUSTIN, Texas (NewsNation) — A major showdown is looming in Texas with national implications: The state’s Senate holding a trial for Attorney General Ken Paxton. Texas’ GOP-led House impeached Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a fellow Republican who rose to...